Diablo 4 Quarterly Update Reveals Game Features More Than 150 Dungeons
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Blizzard Entertainment has released a quarterly update for Diablo 4 revealing that the upcoming game will feature more than 150 dungeons. Diablo 4 was one of a number of major games that were initially delayed to 2022, alongside the company’s other in-development title in the franchise, the upcoming mobile title Diablo Immortal. While Blizzard has since announced that Diablo Immortal is set for release later this year, the company has also since confirmed that Diablo 4 will not be released in 2022. It’s possible that fans may even have to wait until 2024 to get to play the next major installment in the series.
While Blizzard has historically been known to take its time developing its games, the delay in Diablo 4’s development can mostly be attributed to both the still ongoing pandemic as well as the controversies that the studio has been facing since the middle of last year. Still, fans of the franchise were frustrated at the initial delays of Diablo 4 and had hopes that a release date could be announced for 2023. As a result, players have spent months agonizing over how to pass the time until Diablo 4 comes out while waiting for any news of the next installment.
In a new blog post, Blizzard Entertainment revealed that Diablo 4 will be able to support having over 150 dungeons. According to Diablo 4 Lead Dungeon Designer Brian Fletcher, while the upcoming game will still feature randomized content in its dungeons, the studio has added new features that enable it to support over 150 of them. To achieve this, Blizzard has had to make its environmental assets more flexible so they can be reused in multiple dungeons. These tile-sets are combined with props, lighting, and other elements to still achieve dungeons that still look varied while being procedurally generated.
The new approach to dungeons is one of the many new features Blizzard is adding to Diablo 4. In another quarterly update released last year, the studio also revealed Diablo 4’s character customization, which will not only allow players to choose the gender of their character but also customize their character's features such as their hairstyle, facial hair, eyebrows, nose and ear piercings, makeup, tattoos, body paint, and more. Along with cosmetic armor pieces, armor dyes, and transmogrification, Diablo 4 will allow much more character personalization than before.
Having over 150 dungeons to explore in Sanctuary is definitely an exciting prospect, especially for long-time fans of the series. And the way Blizzard is attempting to achieve it is certainly interesting. Hopefully, Diablo 4’s development continues smoothly so it can finally be released.
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